(COLUMBUS)---Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) Director Reginald A. Wilkinson will be joined by Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Fred Dailey to conduct a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Pickaway Correctional Institution (PCI) on Friday, November 5, 2004. The ceremony will begin at 12:45 PM.

The ceremony will commemorate the official opening of DRC’s meat processing career center to be operated by Ohio Penal Industries. When fully operational, the plant will provide meat for all 32 DRC institutions.

For more information please contact the DRC Office of Public Information at (614) 752-1150.